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[quote=paying]if you have any programming knowledge, accomplishing something like this is relatively easy.[/quote]

i can back this statement up. didn't take me very long to refurbish an old server checker for maple.

@bowlcut: you cant do that. They block it. You would have to do something like actually establish a connection to them.
That being said, to OP, it you have any programming knowledge, accomplishing something like this is relatively easy. I made one for mabinogi like this

GMS Status doesn't work anymore.

[quote=xXjarakudaXx]There was on that would tell you when servers came up. Forgot the name though.[/quote]

That was maplestorystatus.

There was on that would tell you when servers came up. Forgot the name though.

There's one on MapleStory's main site.
http://maplestory.nexon.net/news/server-status